SHOOTING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12910, 26 February 1906, Page 7

SHOOTING.

—.— oCITY RIFLES. The members of the above company fired On Friday evening at 500 yards for tro- » phies presented by Lieutenant Houlker and Mr J.. Whittaker. A stiff sou'-wester affected the scoring a good deal. The followin"- ■■ in e the highest scores: ■ * ■ 500 - •■ ■ ■ Yds. H'p. Tl: .Sergeant Robertson 47 0 47 Private-. Myer 41 4 45 Private A. Jones 41 4 45 Sergeant Craigie ....yC. 33 12 45 Private McFarlane -. 40 4 44 Private E.Smallridge 31 .12 43The postponed match Iso. 17 will be fired on Wednesday evening next, and No. 26 as per programme on Thursday afternoon, and evening. , THE RANFURLY CUP. Below- we give the scores in the competition for the Ranfurly Cup, a challenge trophy presented by the late Governor to the "South Canterbury Mounted Rifles Battalion. It is to become the property of any corps winning it three times. Last yeijr- it was vron by the Studholme M.R., Itrid the year before (the first contest) by ~ : fne Mackenzie M.R. This year the Ashburton Company gained possession of it by a score of 251, Studholme being second Tiith. 228. The contest includes points for time and drill in a march < f 500 yards, with halts on the way for v.l'cy.s. Starting -at 700 yards, they march io 600, and fire four; .volleys, lying; march to, 500 and lire, four more -/volleys', . lying■;• then at"'-'4.00 ;>«d.'»t3oQ-yards; kneeling, .finishing at 200 .yard's with four' rounds'-inde-pendent, standing. The competition is taken hy each company when convenient, and Sereeant-Major Morgan was supervisor.- The weather was fine in each case. 'The following are .the scores:'—- . Ashbin ton.—Time, Smin 22 4-ssec; hits. 237; drill, 14; total, 251; merit, 1. '"Studholme.—Time, llmin 30sec ; hits, 213: drill, 15; total, 228: merit, 2. " Mackenzie.—Time,- llmin lOsee: hits, 207; driK, 14; total, 221: merit, 3. Geraldine.—Time. lOinin ; hits, 125 : drill. 13: total. 138; merit, 4. South Canterbury.—-Time. lOmin: hits. 110 r dri;;. 14; total, 124; merit. 5. The Geraldine Corps had sixteen recruits in their team, and the South Canterbury Corps fired six mew short. THE TREXTHAM MEETING...... The following are the South Canterbury •entries for the rifle meetings! Trent.ham : Timaru Rifles.—Captain J. McNab, Col.-Sergt. Higgins, Sergt. Collins, Private A. Baird, and two others. Port Guards.—Col.-Sergt. G. BeckingLam. Sergt. J. Beckingham, Sergt. E. Waugh, Privates A. Burford, J. J. Moore, and C. Morgan.. City Rifles.—Corporal A. Finnie. Bugler T. W. Egan. Private J. D. Robertson. Private W. E. Boys, and-Private A. Jones. Geraldine Rifles.—Lieut. Gresham. Sergt. Thomson and Corporal C'ark. Studholme Mounted Rifles.—Captain P. J. Wain and Corporal J. A> Goldstone. Waimate Rifles.—Sergt. J. Stephenson. Corporal H. J. Dash. Coi-p. Sauer and Lance-Corp". M. M. Healey. I